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l PATENTED octrye, 1903-. F. R. DAVIS.

ToY. A-PPLIUATION FILED JUNE B, *1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES atented October 6i, 193.

PATENT OFFICE.V

FRANK R. DAVIS, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEONARD H. L.-DAVIS, OF.WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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srncrnrcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,817, dated october 6, 190e. Application iled June-8, 1908. Serial No. 160,526. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. DAvIs, a citi,- zen of the United States, and a resident of Vashingtonjn the District of Columbia,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specifithe ends I of -the shafts of the display-frames cation.

My invention is an improvement in toys, being in the nature of a light-box designed to carry a candle or other illuminant to shine through fancy patterns of mica, colored tissue-paper, or other transparent or translucent material; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as willV be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved box. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the topof thebox being removed. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section of the box on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the revolving display-frames.

The box A may be of tin or other suitablel material and of the rectangular forni shown or ofother suitable form and is mounted upon the axles B, carrying the wheels C, which run upon the ground-surface. The

axles B are also provided at a point aboutA midway between their ends with the pulleys D, which operate in openings E in the bottom of the box A and are Aarranged to drive the revolving display -frarnes when they are turned by means of the axle B, as presently described.

`In the opposite sides of thebox I provide the circular sight-openings F, through which are displayed the pattern-disks G on the opposite ends of the revolving display-frame H. These openings F are crossed by the bars F', which adord at their middles bearings F2 for H, such display-frames being thus journaled in connection with the box and being provided between the opposite disks G with pnlA leys J, which are in contact with thepulleys D on the axles B, so the display-frames will be caused to turn as the axles are turned by the rolling of the wheels C upon the ground as the box is dragged along.

The disks G are provided with openings g,

which may be of any desired pattern and are covered by transparent or translucent coverings K, which may be of mica, tissue-paper variously colored, or of other suitable material. It will be noticed thatas the frames H are caused to turn by the bearing of the pulleys J against the pulleysD of the drive-axle the different patterns on the display-frances will be shown as revolving at the opposite sides of the box, producing a pleasant andv novel appearance and making the boxa very attractive one.

The openings Einv the bottom of the box for the pulleys D are elongated or extended at their ends and covered by mica or other suitable sheets k, and openings a in the top of the box are covered by suitably-colored sheets k', so the colored reflections will show from the plates k upon the pavement and from the plates it' at the top of the box when the candle is lighted in the box, as shown in Fig. 3. The top of the box is providedimmediately above the candle with the stack L for the escape of heat and smoke from the candle.

I provide the revolving display-frames in pairs, as shown, one located near the front and the other near the rear of the box, and arrange the candle or other illumiuant between the frames and at a point bet-Ween the pulleys .I In practice I will make these pulleys .I of bright tin, and they will operate as reflectors to aid in throwing the light from the candle in socket M upon the disks at the ends of the frames and having the patterns through which the colored light will be shown.

The toy can be cheaply made, and as it is pulled along the ground in use its patterndisks G Will be automatically revolved, displaying through the sight-openings in the sides of the box the figures on the said disks 'and increasing the attractiveness of the box.

From the foregoing description it will also be noticed the display-frames are driven from the middles of'the axles, and as the axles have the Wheels C xed to them `the said axles and their pulleysD will be turned when- Aever the wheels C roll along the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is

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l. The improvement in light-boxes herein deseribed,eomprising the box havingthesightopenings in its opposite sides and the bars crossingsaid openings andprovided with bearings for the ends of the displayframes,the display-frames comprising the shafts, the pattern-disks at the ends of said frames and provided with openings and with coverings therefor, the pulleys midway between the said pattern-disks, the axles journaled to the box and having the ixed driving-Wheels and provided between the same with the pulleys engaging with the central pulleys of the display-frames, elongated openings being'provided in the bottom of the box for the pulleys on the axles, and covering-sheets for the ends of said openings on opposite sides of said pulleys, suhstantially as set forth.

2. A light-box comprising the box provided in its sides with sight-openings, the displayframes journaled in the box and having at their ends pattern-disks provided with display-openings through which the light in the box may shine, the pulleys in said displayframes and the axles provided with the drivewheels and with the pulleys engaging the pulleys of the display-frames, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the box having the sight-openings in itssides, a display-frame comprising a shaft, pattern-disks at the ends of said shaft and a pulley midway between the said disks, and the axle journaled to the box and having the drive-Wheels and midway between the same a pulley engaging the pulley of the display-frame, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a light-box of the "box having the openings in its bottom for the pulleys of the axles and the openings in its sides for the pattern-disks, the display-frames provided at their endswith the pattern-disks showing through the side openings in the box and between their ends with the pulleys, the axles journaled to the box, provided with the drive-wheels and between their ends with the pulleys operating in the bottom openings of the box and engaging with the pulleys of the display-frames, and the candleA socket arranged between the central pulleys of the display-frames, substantially as set forth.

5. A light-box having openings in its sides for the pattern-disks and in its bottom for the pulleys of the axles, the display-frames provided at their ends with the pattern-disks registering with the side openings in the box and midway between their ends with the pulleys having the re Heating-surfaces, the holder for the candle or other illuminant arranged between and in line with the reflecting-pulleys of the display-frames, and the axles journaled to the box and provided with the drivewheels and with the pulleys engaging with the pulleys of the display-frames substantially as set fort-h.

FRANK R. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, AMos W. HART. 

